Can one person save the world?  Jim Ziolkowski thinks so and he tells us how in his new book,  Walk in Their Shoes:  how one person can save the world.  Jim left a lucrative career in finance to work in developing countries and poor US neighborhoods, building schools and revitalizing communities.  Today he directs BuildOn, which works in 6 countries building schools and in 73 high schools in the US, A remarkable  94% of children who go through its US programs graduate from high school and go...

Middle East expert and former State Department official Ari Ratner joins us today to help us understand what is going on in the region today and where it is going.  Is there there a positive outcome in Syria for the US?  What should the President do about the gas attack, if anything?  Will the military government replicate the Mubarak regime in Egypt and how will that affect the US?  The Egyptian people?  Israel?   Will Islamists in the Sinai attack Israel and will Israel fight back instead...

Kris Angelis' new album The Left Atrium is a triumph of art and feeling.  Kris has been a guest on our Music Friday editon, but this week she is in the Boston Studio so we are going to talk with her live and have her play some tunes. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from...

Jackie Salit, Fairness Radio contributor and President of independentvoting.com reports on a federal court judge’s ruling that the Greenville Republican Party did not have standing to sue to close the South Carolina primaries.  IndependentVoting.org and a coalition of defendant/intervenors fought back the attempt to disenfranchise independents.  But what about the other voter suppression laws around the country? Are independents losing?  We will ask., .A new concept in the opinion-driven...

Alex Nowrasteh, the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity proposes  a solution to the argument against immigration reform over whether or not it costs taxpayers to support undocumented aliens: wall off welfare to aliens, not the border.  They can come into the country, but they can't access its benefits.  What do you think? Segment 1. (we are off today;  this is a classic Fairness Radio from a week ago - and still relevant) A new concept...

Jon Callas , Co-founder and CTO of Silent Circle encrypted email service joins us to explain why he and his partner shut the company down in the wake of revelations that the NSA was collecting data on all US emails and phone calls, and those from other countries.  Segment 1. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political...

Professor Brenda Sulick of  The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare lays out the Republican strategy to end Medicare as we know it and finally kill off Social Security....and what you can do about it.  2:05 pm ET. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from...

Conservative radio host Jeff Crouere on race and Obama in Segment 1 followed by Constitutional Law expert Albert Navarra on the Voting Rights Act and the DOJ.  In segment 2 we explore government secrecy with whistle blower James Holzrichter. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone...

Religion Tuesday: can private companies force their owner's religious beliefs on employees.  Domino's Property Management vs. Sebelius...Catholic attempt to block birth control for non Catholics. call in with your opinion. 424-675-6806  A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from...

Alex Nowrasteh, the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity proposes  a solution to the argument against immigration reform over whether or not it costs taxpayers to support undocumented aliens: wall off welfare to aliens, not the border.  They can come into the country, but they can't access its benefits.  What do you think? Segment 1. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and...

Bradley Manning is on trial in Maryland for leaking 250,000 secret documents to Wikileaks.  He is being court marshaled and could face life in prison.  Many people think he is a hero for outing secrets the public should know about its government.  What does the Constitution say?  Albert Navarra joins us to answer that question and yours. This is a classic Fainress Radio program whisle I am on vacation.   A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily...

In segment 1, film maker Rachael Fleischer on her film Without a Home.  In segment 2, comediane Julianna Forlano on her show Absurdity Today.A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Today is a classic Fairness RAdio whisle I am on vacation. Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from conservative Senator Jim DeMint to...

House Joint Resolution 494, introduced into the North Carolina legislature, claims that the First Amendment does not apply to the states - they can start their own religion if they like....and they like fundamentalist hard-edged Christianity  The bill has been pulled, but it will be back and Albert Navarra joins us in Segment 2 for the Constitutional theories involved. (this is a Fairness Radio classic while we are on vacation). A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio,...

A classic Fainress Radio while I am on vacation. CA State Senator Ted Lieu tells us what his investigation found about forced sterilization in California prisons and what he intends to do about it.  Albert Navarra gets behind the George Zimmerman decision and looks at the Constitution and the law. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from...

In segment 1, film maker Rachael Fleischer on her film Without a Home.  In segment 2, comediane Julianna Forlano on her show Absurdity Today. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from conservative Senator Jim DeMint to former Democratic Party Chairman Governor Howard Dean to...

Dave Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future, dissects the so-called Grand Bargain now being touted by the President.  Is is a new proposal or a cave-in to Republicans or just the same old stuff in a new wrapping? Segment 1 A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with...

Religion tuesday: Patrick interviews Rev Jennifer Crumption to talk about the Pope, and his recent comments regarding gay priests and women in the Catholic Church. Is he softening the Church's attitude toward women and gay people or just softening the message?  We talk about it with you.  

Did Pope Francis just soften the Catjholic Church's attitude toward women and gays when he said "who am I to judge?"?   Roman Catholic Deacon Mike Iwanowitz and Evangelical Reverend Jennifer Crumption join us A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from conservative Senator Jim...

Open mic today but we have three topics:  controlling the FISA Court, the jailing in California of a Saudi princess for slavery, and what next in Egypt?   The FISA Court has united the Left and teh Right.  We will see what happens now.  The first bill to control the Court failed by a handfull of votes, but the fight is not over. While the Congress is focused on building a Chinese Wall at our border and electrocuting illegal immigrants with high voltage fences to stop mythical criminals from...

Adam Cullen releases his debut album, Paper Bag Games.  Valarie Ponzio brings us new songs aftr her brother/co-songwirter's death.  Both are fabulous new talents.  Muisc Friday, where we interview bands, talk to aritsts, play tunes and get ready for the weekend.  Call in and talk to your favorite band.  And check out new crowd-source website at musicfriday.nationbuilder.com to tell us who you want on the air.

  In segment 1, film maker Rachael Fleischer on her film Without a Home.  In segment 2, comediane Julianna Forlano on her show Absurdity Today. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with everyone from conservative Senator Jim DeMint to former Democratic Party Chairman Governor Howard Dean to...

Chuck Thompson argues that the North and South should split, that they are so different that they are practically separate countries now.  He points out in his new book Better Off Without 'Em that the South actually is socialist because it takes in more Federal money than it pays in taxes, so the capitalist North would thrive without the socialist South dragging it down.  What do you think?  Segment 1. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily...

Blues, pop indie star Toby Lightman joins us with her new EP, Holding a Heart.  You have heard her music on One Tree Hill, the Fosters, Vampire Diaries and many other shows and movies and now you can talk to her here in Segment 2.Suzzy Roche of the orginal Roches and her daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche join us to celebrate their new joint album, Fairytale and Myth.  Segment 1 for the conversation. Music Friday is the end of the week show of Fainress Radio where we interview artists, talk about...

Professor Daniel Byman of Georgetown University and the Saban Center at Brookings argues that drones protect the US and help defeat terrorism.  He says that banning drones would deprive the US of one of its most effective tools for combatting terror groups in countries where we can't send troops. Attorney and The Brad Blog legal analyst and writer Ernest Canning details how one Repubnlican Congressman rakes in farm subsidies for his personal profit while trying to cut food stamps from the...

CA State Senator Ted Lieu tells us what his investigation found about forced sterilization in California prisons and what he intends to do about it.  Albert Navarra gets behind the George Zimmerman decision and looks at the Constitution and the law. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick O'Heffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum.  Patrick talks with...